Discover Memoirs of ACA 84/90 Set

It was an after school activities back in the secondary school days. It couldn’t have been any other than the great Aquinas College,...

ACA, my ACA All Conquering Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas Of the once fearful forest Oliki Where pupils now go by different oriki Of a...

Random faces. Kids from all over the town. Everyday, they walked through the gates into our blessed school. Our set, 1984 set, was no...

In our first year of secondary school, most kids were trying to find their feet - academically, friends and understanding the rules of...

The boys that came into Aquinas in the 1984 set seems to have come in batches. Alagbaka boys, Ijapo boys, the St Peter’s demonstration...

February 1985. After the hullabaloo of settling into a new school, friends coming and going ( I mean the exodus to Federal Government...

November 1988. Just a normal day in our class, SS 1:1. We are all adjusting to taking new subjects like Chemistry, Physics and Biology...

August 1989. There were times that you come to school and you are elated. Some days you want to stay up at home and not bother coming to...

All of us walked through the gates of the great Aquinas College. We trundle down the Appian way, round the bend and see the great tower...

March 1987. We were in class and cracking jokes. It is not a normal day as we were supposed to have social science and the teacher did...

From your first day in Aquinas, you start dreaming of your journey up the ranks to the topmost class. This was usually a journey of five...

There are some stories that have become legends in Aquinas. Some have been retold over the years and it has now become virtually...

May 1990. Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) in Oba-Ile. Niyi Ogunlusi and I are coming out of the studio. We have just lost by...

It was the norm to start cutting grass once you gained admission into secondary school in our days. I resumed like every other student to...

Traveling is regarded as one of known medium of education and learning, thus the more you travel and see things, the more your mind is...

May 1990. Standing at the top of the staircase that leads to the art room, it was a day of reflection. 6 years ago, I was taken from the...

Summer 1990. We were in the final days before our SSCE exams. Boys were more studious; less noise and giggling in the classes; except...

October 1986. We have just finished training at Six infantry brigade ( known to most as *sinsin factory*). Coach Gloria has told us to...

Everyone remembers their first time! Buhari was the ruler. He said very little back then but his crazy foot soldiers were unleashed on...

March 1990. It was inter-house sports day. A day I have been waiting for about a month. A lot of bragging rights, support and training...